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a try. They are the first two books of the Quest Series available on Amazon. Both books are humorous true accounts of transforming a 1986 Bayfield 36 cutter rigged sloop into better than bristol condition and sailing down to the Caribbean. Come along with Wendy and me as we become experienced cruisers.
Best regards and fair winds,
David Beaupre

12-30-2014 06:30 PM

titustiger27

Re: Recommended Reading

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Originally Posted by grnrngr

I thought it was a good book but related to sailing about as much as Zen was related to motorcycles. That is, he was on one, but talking about other things.

I read several reviews (the amazon kind) that were kind of extreme mix.

Either 5 stars and the best book the person ever read
or 1 and it was the worse...

None talked about sailing. The theme of the books is 'quality'

12-30-2014 06:24 PM

grnrngr

Re: Recommended Reading

I thought it was a good book but related to sailing about as much as Zen was related to motorcycles. That is, he was on one, but talking about other things.

12-30-2014 09:14 AM

titustiger27

Re: Recommended Reading

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Originally Posted by grnrngr

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Saw someone mention Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. After that book was released, Robert Persig bought a sailboat, named it Lila, and wrote another book about that.

I didn't go all the way thru, but I didn't see anyone mention 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Jules Verne. One of the first movies I saw as a kid and was deeply influenced. Capt. Nemo re-appears in Mysterious Island.
Next movie to impress me like that was PT 109. Read a book about it too, but don't remember the author. JFK's book Profiles in Courage is a good read. Kind of a list of his heroes.
Saw someone mention Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. After that book was released, Robert Persig bought a sailboat, named it Lila, and wrote another book about that.

Just finished Seafaring Women by Linda Grant De Pauw, it's a good book about women on the sea up til the world wars.

Picked up a copy of The Bluejacket's Manual published by the Naval Institute from 1950 somewhere back in the past. Sits on the shelf with my 1939 copy of Naval Customs, Traditions, and Usage by Lt. Cmdr. Leland P. Lovette, U.S.N., that my dad had in WW2.
Saw Kon-Tiki mentioned, Thor wrote another book called Aku-Aku about his experiences researching Easter Island.

Didn't see the Bounty Trilogy by Nordhoff and Hall mentioned, Hall also wrote one called The Far Lands, about fictional island life.

Pacific Graveyard by James A. Gibbs lists a history of wrecks on the PNW coast.

Dutton's Navigation and Piloting is a great reference.

Thence round Cape Horn by Robt. Erwin Johnson, the story of U.S. Naval Forces on Pacific Station 1818-1923

South by Sir Ernest Shackleton

The Best of the Pacific Coast San Francisco to British Columbia by Gerald W. Olmsted

The Custom of the Sea by Neil Hanson true sea survival story from 1884

Fatal Storm by Rob Mundle
Story about the 1998 Sydney to Hobart Race.

More later

11-07-2014 11:35 AM

WGEwald

Re: Recommended Reading

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Originally Posted by Group9

Sounds like your mother had some interesting times.

She was no Beverly Aadland. She didn't like Sinatra either. Her ideal man was a guy like Joel McRae.

11-07-2014 11:29 AM

Group9

Re: Recommended Reading

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Originally Posted by WGEwald

My mother was a Girl Scout Mariner and her ship went with Irving Johnson for a week's cruise on the schooner Yankee. Sterling was the first mate. She thought he spent too much time admiring himself in the mirror :-D She would have been about 14 and he 19.

Sounds like your mother had some interesting times.

11-07-2014 10:48 AM

WGEwald

Re: Recommended Reading

Quote:

Originally Posted by Group9

The book got me interested in Hayden.. He is modest to the point of having almost no self esteem at some points.

My mother was a Girl Scout Mariner and her ship went with Irving Johnson for a week's cruise on the schooner Yankee. Sterling was the first mate. She thought he spent too much time admiring himself in the mirror :-D She would have been about 14 and he 19.

11-07-2014 09:48 AM

Group9

Re: Recommended Reading

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Originally Posted by mstern

Agree with you completely on Sterling's book. He was a far more interesting guy than I knew. He said somewhere in there that he was born 100 years too late.

One thing I found fascinating was the dichotomy between his "poor but happy voyager" philosophy and his actions in Hollywood where he continually did things he supposedly despised for the money.

The book got me interested in Hayden and I've been looking for more interviews and articles about him. In one of them, an interviewer actually made that point and asked him, "If you hated Hollywood so much, why did you keep going back?" Hayden answered, "Because, they paid me stupid money, and although I hate Hollywood, I really love money."

But, you're right. Lot of contradictions in him, which he seems to have struggled with himself. He is modest to the point of having almost no self esteem at some points. In the book, he seems to suggest he only joined the OSS in WW2 (actually right before WW2) to get out of combat, when in reality, the OSS, the forerunner of the CIA and U.S. Special Forces, had some of the highest casulty rates of any service in WW2. And, then he writes, "They gave me the Silver Star for something, but, damned if I know what for".

Interesting man, but definitely flawed in a lot of ways. But, he sure brings out the romantic in me when I read about him.

11-07-2014 09:31 AM

mstern

Re: Recommended Reading

Agree with you completely on Sterling's book. He was a far more interesting guy than I knew. He said somewhere in there that he was born 100 years too late.

One thing I found fascinating was the dichotomy between his "poor but happy voyager" philosophy and his actions in Hollywood where he continually did things he supposedly despised for the money.

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